Arkansas Frameworks:
G.3.K.1 Identify different types of transportation
H.6.K.9 Recognize examples of current and early transportation
This museum is located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It is housed at the former Cotton Belt building (or St. Louis Southwestern Railway). It is now a gallery of historic railroad equipment.
Arkansas Frameworks:
G.3.K.1 Identify different types of transportation
H.6.K.9 Recognize examples of current and early transportation
H.6.K.6 Discuss how historical events relate to the present day (e.g., stories of George Washington Carver, Wright Brothers)
This museum is located in an old railroad depot from 1912. This museum focuses on things like the Lousiana Purchase and area railroads as well as other historical facets of local history. There is also a furnished sharecropper house on the property and an 100-year-old Arkansas Midland-MoPac Depot.
Arkansas Frameworks:
G.3.K.1 Identify different types of transportation
H.6.K.9 Recognize examples of current and early transportation
H.6.K.6 Discuss how historical events relate to the present day (e.g., stories of George Washington Carver, Wright Brothers)
There are many exhibits here that contain items from different points in aviation history including some surviving aircrafts from WWI through some present conflicts. There are items here from just Arkansas military conflicts and from American conflicts as a whole. This would be a fun place to take kids to have them learn about some historical events as well as see what aircrafts can and have been able to do and how they have transformed over time.
Although in Kindergarten students are only needing to be able to discuss natural resources, this would still be a fun place to take them after you have introduced them to what natural resources are. This museum provides exhibits of examples of Arkansas' natural resources that have been preserved. This museum exhibits things like oil, brine, and timber and does emphasis Southern Arkansas' 1920s oil boom. There are actual oil derriks and equipment here too.
Field Trips
Arkansas Railroad Museum
Arkansas Frameworks:
G.3.K.1 Identify different types of transportation
H.6.K.9 Recognize examples of current and early transportation
This museum is located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. It is housed at the former Cotton Belt building (or St. Louis Southwestern Railway). It is now a gallery of historic railroad equipment.
Central Delta Depot and Museum
Arkansas Frameworks:
G.3.K.1 Identify different types of transportation
H.6.K.9 Recognize examples of current and early transportation
H.6.K.6 Discuss how historical events relate to the present day (e.g., stories of George Washington Carver, Wright Brothers)
This museum is located in an old railroad depot from 1912. This museum focuses on things like the Lousiana Purchase and area railroads as well as other historical facets of local history. There is also a furnished sharecropper house on the property and an 100-year-old Arkansas Midland-MoPac Depot.
Arkansas Air and Military Museum
Arkansas Frameworks:
G.3.K.1 Identify different types of transportation
H.6.K.9 Recognize examples of current and early transportation
H.6.K.6 Discuss how historical events relate to the present day (e.g., stories of George Washington Carver, Wright Brothers)
There are many exhibits here that contain items from different points in aviation history including some surviving aircrafts from WWI through some present conflicts. There are items here from just Arkansas military conflicts and from American conflicts as a whole. This would be a fun place to take kids to have them learn about some historical events as well as see what aircrafts can and have been able to do and how they have transformed over time.
Arkansas Museum of Natural Resources
Arkansas Frameworks:
E.8.K.4 Discuss natural resources
Although in Kindergarten students are only needing to be able to discuss natural resources, this would still be a fun place to take them after you have introduced them to what natural resources are. This museum provides exhibits of examples of Arkansas' natural resources that have been preserved. This museum exhibits things like oil, brine, and timber and does emphasis Southern Arkansas' 1920s oil boom. There are actual oil derriks and equipment here too.